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The Bubble Question in China's Booming Stockmarket
Jun 8, 2015Chinese stocks and economic growth have long had little to do with each other. Between 2010 and early 2014, when China boasted the world's fastest-growing economy, its stockmarket was consistently among the world's worst performers. Since ...
Tags: Stockmarket, Economy
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The Australian Sharemarket Is Expected to Open Lower
Jun 17, 2013The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower today as local investors practise caution ahead of expectations the US Federal Reserve could wind back its third round of bond purchases. Despite posting a late surge at the end of last ...
Tags: Investors, Fed Meeting, Sharemarket
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Fears of Possible Global Slowdown as US Money Printing Tapers off
Jun 14, 2013Fears of a possible global slowdown as US money printing tapers off sent Asian markets into a tailspin yesterday, pulling the Australian equities market back towards a level that has all but wiped off the gains it has made this year. ...
Tags: Asian Markets
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Australian Dollar Dropped Below 103 US Cents as US Stocks and Commodity Prices Weaken
May 3, 2013THE Australian dollar dropped below 103 US cents for the first time in three days amid falls on US stock markets and weaker commodity prices. At 6.30am AEST the currency was trading at 102.77 US cents, down from 103.54 US cents at ...
Tags: Australian Dollar, US Stocks
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Buoyant Global Equities Boosted The Australian Dollar
May 2, 2013BUOYANT global equities boosted the Australian dollar today, with traders betting that European and US central banks will this week reaffirm commitment to easy money policies designed to boost asset prices and stoke growth. Australia's ...
Tags: Australian Dollar, economy
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Dollar Hit a Fresh 10-Week High Following Gains on US Sharemarkets
Apr 12, 2013THE dollar hit a fresh 10-week high following gains on US sharemarkets, but lost some ground after disappointing jobs figures. At 5pm AEST, the currency was trading at $US1.0521, up US0.12c. It had earlier climbed to $US1.0551, its ...
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Professor Unveiled New Research Showing Dark Pools Decreased Quality of Price Formation
Mar 13, 2013The corporate regulator must not employ a one-size-fits-all approach to dark trading to ensure it stamps out harmful levels of activity in so-called "dark pools" without removing some of the benefits of trading away from exchanges, ...
Tags: trading practice, Securities, Investments
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Westpac's James Shugg Remains as Gloomy About The Global Economy
Mar 7, 2013Westpac's plain-speaking London economist James Shugg remains as gloomy about the global economy as he was over a year ago, when he said the Australian dollar could plunge to US80c and a break up of the eurozone would prompt a "global ...
Tags: Westpac, James Shugg, global economy
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Investors Took a Record High for US Stocks as US Economic Recovery Is Gathering Strength
Mar 7, 2013Investors took a record high for US stocks - the bellwether Dow Jones Industrial Index eclipsing its pre-global financial crisis peak - as confirmation that the US economic recovery is gathering strength and sent the local market to its ...
Tags: US stocks, Stockmarkets, Stocks
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Sharemarket Recorded Its Biggest One-Day Fall
Feb 22, 2013The sharemarket recorded its biggest one-day fall for nine months after minutes from the US Federal Reserve's recent policy-setting meeting revealed unease about the bank's stimulus efforts. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed down 2.3 per ...
Tags: Stocks, sharemarket, share
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Sharemarket Is Puseed to Its Highest Close Since September 2008
Feb 21, 2013Banks, property trusts, consumer staples and energy companies pushed the sharemarket to its highest close since September 2008, as investors digested earnings reports while awaiting the overnight release of minutes from the US Federal ...
Tags: Banks, property trusts, consumer staples, energy companies